And then there’s Teddy Purcell, a sturdy winger for the Bolts, who somehow got nothing going in the offensive zone for 13+ minutes of 5v5 action against the stifling Devils. We’ve all been there, right dudes?

Brouwer actually saw more opponent shot attempts per minute than anyone else on that list. It was kind of a stinker on his part. For example, this weak clearing attempt:

Reality check: one players’s shot-attempt differential in one game means, like, nothing. The Caps won the game and Brouwer contributed– he drew a penalty on a breakaway in the second period to neutralize a four-minute power play.

One final note: three of those players– Darche, Brule, and Mayers– are no longer in the league.

Thank you for the Stan Darsh reference. I always think of that when I hear his name. ALWAYS.

Begemot

Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero tour a surprising amount. They also do a fair amount of live Q&As before midnight screenings out here in L.A. (I went with a large group last year.) It’s pretty surreal. (He tossed around a football with the people waiting in the line outside, and cannot answer any question directly or coherently.) Sestero’s got a great sense of humor about it all. (I still need to read his book about the making of The Room.)

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I went one time a few years ago when Tommy and Greg were supposed to be coming to E Street according to the official Room website. They didn’t show, which seems about right.

Owen Johnson

Disaster Artist is awesome. You should read it.

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